Churn



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. H. EDENS.

4 OHURN. No. 304,921. Patented Sept. 9, 1884.

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GHURN. No. 304,92 Patented Sept. 9, 1884.

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J OHN HAMPTON EDENS, OF JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,921, dated September 9, 1884.

Application filed February 28, 1884. (No model.)

Tc aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be 1t known that I, JOHN H. EDENs, a citi- Johnson City, in the county of WVashington and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohurns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which, Figure 1 is a front view of my improved churn. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the upper frame thrown to one side and resting against the base of the churn. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view; and Fig. 4 is a detail view, in perspective, of the rotary dasher.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to churns having the improved construction and combination of parts of a dasher, in which the milk or cream is agitated by means of disks having inclined apertures, and connected by means of wings and bars, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body of my improved churn, which is provided with a'cover, B. This churn-body rests upon a platform or base, .0, of any desired construcing preferred, which is provided with two uprights or standards, D D-0ne on each side the upright D being connected to an upper frame by ahinge, E. This upper frame consists of two vertical pieces, F F, which are connected by means of cross-pieces G H, which in turn are united by a brace, I.

Attached to the standard F is a flat steel spring, J, curved at its lower end, and having a hole, J, adapted to engage a pin, K, extending laterally from the upright D. By means of a tenon, L, in the upper end of the standard D fitting in a socket, M, in the standard F of the upper frame, I am enabled to fasten the two frames firmly together, and in such a manner as to prevent any liability of their becoming loose when the churn is being operated.-

By the use of the hinge-connection E, in

conjunction with the locking mechanism above described, I am enabled to readily remove the contents of the body A, after the operation of churning has been completed, by simply releasing the spring-hasp J, and allowing the gear-frame to fall to one side, as indicated in Fig. 2.

\Vorki 11g in suitable bearings, N N, attached to the front of the vertical pieces F and I, is a shaft, '0, actuated by a crank, P. This shaft O carries a bevel-wheel, Q, the cogs of which mesh with a pinion, R, at right angles thereto, and working within a bearing, S, on the front of the crosspiecc H.

T is the dashcr-staff, which works through an opening in the cover B, the squared upper end of which fits into a socket, U, in the lower end of the pinion R, and is rotated by means of the said pinion R,which itself is actuated by the bevel wheel Q. The lower end of the dasherstaff is provided with apintle, V,'turning in a bearing, NV, in the bottom of the churn-body A.

Arranged at suitable distances apart on the lower extremity of the dashcr-staff T are circular disks X X, which are connected by a series of wings, Y. The circular disks X X are provided with slanting perforations Z Z. Three rods or bars, a, extend vertically from the lower disk through the upper disk and to some distance above. These bars tend to keep the butter globules together as they are formed, so as to form a compact mass, and thereby assist in the removal of the butter after the churning hasbecn completed.

From the foregoing description,taken in connection with the drawings, the advantages of my improved churn will be readily comprehended.

Motion is imparted to the'operating mechanism by means of the crank I and as the dashcr is then necessarily made to rotate the cream to be churned is put in motion and is forced through the apertures Z Z, after which it strikes againstthe wings Y, and then tends toward the center, and at this point, owing to the constant revolution of the dasher, it is forced out of the dasher between the wings Y. Inasmuch as the rotation is made continuous and in one direction, the stream of cream is constantly passingin through the perforations consisting of the dasherstaff T, circular disks Z and Z, respectively, of the upper and lower X X, having inclined perforations Z Z, Wings disks, and forced against the Wings Y toward Y, and vertical rods a, substantially as and the center of the dasher, and is constantly passfor the purpose shown and set forth. I 5 5 ing out between the Wings Y. By this means In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the cream is thoroughly agitated, and the promy own I have hereunto affixed my signature 5/ cess of churning thus speedily completed. in presence of two witnesses.

Having thus described my invention,I claim JOHN HAMPTON EDENS. and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the Vitnesses: I0 United States F. N. HASH, In a rotary churn, the improved dasher, J. B. HAsH. 

